diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index b17b37e4d4fc..a983a16163b1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -666,8 +666,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__kvm_apic_update_irr);
 bool kvm_apic_update_irr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 *pir, int *max_irr)
 {
 	struct kvm_lapic *apic = vcpu->arch.apic;
+	bool irr_updated = __kvm_apic_update_irr(pir, apic->regs, max_irr);
 
-	return __kvm_apic_update_irr(pir, apic->regs, max_irr);
+	if (unlikely(!apic->apicv_active && irr_updated))
+		apic->irr_pending = true;
+	return irr_updated;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_apic_update_irr);